Apparatus for automatically installing/uninstalling peripheral devices, and system and method for automatically detecting peripheral devices using the same

An apparatus for automatically installing/uninstalling peripheral devices, comprising:

• a communicating unit for periodically receiving data from a peripheral device within a network region where many peripheral devices are included, and requesting and receiving data and information required for installing peripheral devices, wherein the communicating unit is connected to the peripheral device through a wireless network, and wherein the peripheral devices comprise sensors;
• a reception data managing unit for determining a kind of data by analyzing the received data;
• a peripheral device determining unit for determining whether the peripheral device is a required peripheral device that needs to be installed when the data are peripheral device information for auto-detection;
• and
• a peripheral device managing unit for requesting and receiving data and information required for installing the peripheral device when the peripheral device needs to be installed, installing a data processing unit capable of processing data from the peripheral device, and notifying the reception data managing unit that the data processing unit is completely installed.

A method for automatically detecting peripheral devices, comprising the steps of:

• receiving data periodically from a peripheral device within a predetermined network region where a plurality of peripheral devices are included;
• parsing the received data to determine a kind of data;
• when the data are peripheral device information, which is auto-detection information, determining whether the peripheral device is a required peripheral device that needs to be installed;
• when the peripheral device is the required peripheral device that needs to be installed, requesting and receiving data and information required for installing the peripheral device through a wireless network;
• and
• installing a data processing unit capable of processing the data from the peripheral device and processing the data transmitted from the installed peripheral device, wherein the peripheral devices comprise sensors.